Here's a "How To" on how I built a custom N scale 8" manual turntable.I posted this as part of my Free-moN Staging Yard construction thread, but thought it'd be good to establish as its own thread for comments, search and archiving purposes.[And really, how many people troll through a Free-moN construction blog in the hopes of finding one dude's way of building a turntable?]Hope it comes in handy, and looking forward to seeing how other people built their turntables.Cheers!
M.C. Fujiwara
My YouTube Channel (How-to's, Layout progress videos)
Silicon Valley Free-moN
Nice.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Very neat.
Is it turned from above (160:1 scale Great Hand From the Sky?) Or do you have something sly and cunning below ground level (like a 12 inch disk on the bottom of the center shaft?)
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - in twice N; 1:80 scale)
I have a sly and cunning Great Hand From The Sky
The 1/4" audio jack provides pivot and electricity, but has a bit too much play to support the whole bridge, so I put washers under the bridge ends and the washers slide across the pit rail.
Pretty smoothly, too, though it's heavy enough and there's just enough friction so it doesn't fly around and throw trains.
Could have figured out a motor or a crank but I'm a manual guy and I wanted this as simple and robust as possible, as it'll be in a lot of Free-moN meets and shows.
M.C.,
Very nice work. Building in robustness with a turntable is tricky, but I'd say that you've done very well on that in design and execution. The detailed and well-illustrated thread is going to be helpful for reference.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL